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Meet Dev
Award-winning graphic novelist
Dev won 1st place in the 8–9 age category of the 2026 San Jose Library Graphic Novel Competition for Colossal Squid and Nauty Explain Global Warming. It's published and available to read at San Jose public libraries.
Read it here →Who is Dev?
Dev is an 8-year-old published graphic novelist and the founder of Mouseworks Inc. He loves drawing stuff in the sea, boring office stuff, and hilarious chaos — sometimes all at once.
His favorite character he's ever made is Colossal Squid. His greatest fear is climate change, so his comics take it on too.
How it started
Dev used to draw random stuff — until he read the Dog Man books by Dav Pilkey and started making comics of his own.
Then came The Phoenix, a weekly comic magazine from the UK, which has been a big source of inspiration. His favorite comic in it: Bunny Versus Monkey by Jamie Smart.
Coming next 🦑
More Colossal Squid! Dev is working on multiple Colossal Squid series. Check back soon.